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The quarter-finals were played as the best of 71 frames. Owen met Williams at West Bromwich Community Centre from 1 to 6 December,<ref name="DATESOCT" /> and won all six frames in their first session. He won the seventh frame too, before Williams registered his first frame win. With Williams missing many attempts to {{cuegloss|pot}} balls, Owen took a winning lead at 31–11, and finished 46–15 ahead.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Gary Owen 46 Rex Williams 15 |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=January 1970 |page=8}}</ref> Spencer played [[Jackie Rea]] at the Co-Op Hall, Bolton, from 8 to 12 December, and won 31–15.<ref name="DATES">{{cite magazine |title=Dates and places |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=December 1969 |page=23}}</ref> Reardon and [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]] contested their semi-final from 15 to 19 December at Longport W.M.C., Bolton, with Reardon prevailing 31–26.<ref name="DATES" /> The last quarter-final, between Pulman and Taylor, was held from 12 to 16 January 1970, at Grimsby and Cleethorpes Transport Recreation Club.<ref name="DATES" /> After the first two days of play, the pair were tied at 12 frames each, before Pulman went on to win 31–20, and 39–22 after dead frames.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Pulman too solid for Taylor |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=February 1970 |pages=6–7}}</ref>
The semi-finals were both contested over 73 frames.<ref name="DATESJAN70" /> Spencer and Reardon played their semi-final from 16 to 21 February at the Co-Op Hall, Bolton.<ref name="DATESJAN70">{{cite magazine |title=Dates and places |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=January 1970 |page=15}}</ref> Reardon built an 8–5 lead on the first day, and led 13–6 after day two.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reardon leads Spencer 8–5 |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=17 February 1970 |page=26}}</ref><ref name="NHMAR70">{{cite magazine |last=Haseldine |first=Norman |title=Reardon downs Spencer in world snooker semi-final |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=March 1970 |pages=10–11}}</ref> Writing for Billiards and Snooker magazine, Norman Haseldine thought that Reardon started to manage the "peculiar running" of the [[billiard table|table]] better than Spencer, although "both players were guilty of innumerable misses ... and the match never attained the high standard expected".<ref name="NHMAR70" /> Reardon went on to defeat Spencer 37–33.<ref name="DATESJAN70" /> The second semi-final took place at Priory Social Club, Middlesbrough from 23 to 28 February, between Pulman and Owen.<ref name="DATESJAN70" /><ref name="PULLY">{{cite magazine |last=Everton |first=Clive |title=Pulman within one match of regaining world title |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=April 1970 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Owen thrashed |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=27 February 1970 |page=27}}</ref> Pulman led 9–3 after the first day, and extended this to 19–5 on the next day,
The final was held at the Victoria Hall in Bloomsbury Square, London, from 6 to 11 April as the best of 73 frames.<ref name="DATESJAN70" /><ref name=Global/> Reardon led 4–2 after the first session, and 8–4 after the second. On the next day, Reardon won four of the six afternoon session frames, and Pulman took four of the six evening frames, including the last three of the session, leaving Reardon 14–10 ahead.<ref name="BLOW">{{cite magazine |last1=Lian |first1=Andrew |last2=Little |first2=Frank |last3=Robinson |first3=Keith |title=Blow by blow |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=May 1970 |pages=5–}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Snooker: Pulman hits back |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=8 April 1970 |page=31}}</ref> Reardon later extended his lead to 27–14, but Pulman narrowed the deficit to a single frame at 33–34. Reardon eventually won 37–34.<ref name="RRWINS" /> Reardon received prize money of £1,125 (£750 for winning the final, £300 for winning the semi-final and £175 for winning the quarter-final) and Pulman took £975 (£500 as runner up, and the same amounts as Reardon for the semi-final and quarter-finals).<ref name="NHMAR70" /><ref name="RRWINS">{{cite magazine |last=Everton |first=Clive |title=Ray Reardon wins world professional snooker title |magazine=Billiards and Snooker |publisher=Billiards Association and Control Council |date=May 1970 |pages=3–5}}</ref> Pulman said after the match that Reardon had deserved to win, and acclaimed Reardon's long potting. Pulman also stated that he felt that his own consistency in matches had been diminished due to a lack of match practice, leading to lapses in concentration.<ref name="RRWINS" /> He also made the highest break of the tournament with a 118.<ref>{{cite web |title=2004 Embassy World Championship Information |url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03_4worldinfo.htm |publisher=Global Snooker Centre |accessdate=9 May 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208092511/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res_03_4/03_4worldinfo.htm |archivedate=8 December 2004}}</ref>
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